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Brhino and Daughter's Frog Adventure

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NOTE: The tadpoles (and later frogs) described in the following journal were claimed to be leopard frog tadpoles by the seller, and for the first many pages of this journal they are referred to as such. However, as I later learned, these are actually bullfrogs.

For my daughter's 4th birthday, some relatives decided to get her a tadpole kit. I'm less then enthused about the unsolicited pet, but with that said we're going to do what we can to take great care of them! This journal will chronicle our adventures in frog-keeping.

We were supposedly getting two tadpoles, but three arrived. They come with a little 2 gallon plastic enclosure...

...that's cracked at the top. Fantastic. So, we've only got it 75% filled. It's not going to be their home for very long, anyhow.

Here's one of the tadpoles, distorted a little because of the bend in the corner of the acrylic.

My daughter has named the three tadpoles. They are named Brulia, Dulia, and Lulia. I'm not sure on the spelling.

In the next few posts I'll talk about the research I've done on leopard frogs and my future plans for them.

They'll be going into a 10g some time in the next few days... I have plenty of 10g tanks lying around.

From what I've read, as adults they need a water area and a land area. I've got mind to take a tank and silicone an acrylic divider into it to make that happen. It will depend on how the tadpoles do. If I lose one or two I may do this with a 10g tank. If all three survive, I'll probably use the old 29g I have available.

I moved the tadpoles from their 2 gallon enclosure to a 10 gallon tank. It's pretty sparsely decorated right now... a few artificial structures and a mix of live and fake plants. The live plants came from my main planted tank. I don't expect them to survive in this unlit tank, but they should give the tadpoles some algae or microorganisms to nibble on for a while in addition to shelter.

I have a hard time getting good photos in bare bottomed tanks. Here's what they look like today. It's supposed to take 12-16 weeks for them to transition into adult frogs. No sign of any leg growths or yet.